2005 Paolo Scavino Barolo Riserva "Rocche Dell'Annunziata", Piedmont, Italy - 1.5L MAGABOUT THIS WINE Rocche dellAnnunziata is the Barolo Riserva of the Scavino family. An historical, prestigious grand cru from La Morra village purchased in 1990. The 2005 Barolo vintage is generally considered to be a very good to excellent year, offering a nice balance between power, elegance, and complexity. While not quite as universally celebrated as some other years, such as 2004 or 2006, the 2005 Barolos show a lot of promise, particularly for

In the 1300’s it was the most famous wine of Burgundy thanks to the Knights of Malta

it accompanies an elegant starter

François spent his formative summers in Burgundy

I spent all my summers there together with my grandfather

The soils are clay and limestone on belemnita quadrata chalk

game meats

Côte des Bar

All the fruit is destemmed and carefully inspected so that no stems proceed to the extraction phase and create green characteristics in the finished wine

And I dream to see those places

As all our vineyards

focusing on small lots of Pinot Noir

the wine is as pure and delicious as it gets and is bottled in half bottles and magnums so you can start with it or party with it